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Trump Claims Indian Investment Will Make Long-Standing Plans for Brownsville Refinery a Reality

Plans for an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, stalled after a permit fight. Now the developer has rebranded as America First Refining.

By Martha Pskowski

An oil refinery sits near the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas. Credit: Loren Elliott/AFP via Getty Images
A view of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Contra Costa County, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mapping Unequal Climate Risks in a Northern California County

By Liza Gross

A view of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles refinery from Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park on Feb. 16. Credit: Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup.

By Blanca Begert

Birds fly near the Phillips 66 refinery in L.A.’s Wilmington neighborhood. The facility is slated to close by the end of the year. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

There’s a ‘Lake’ of Oil Under LA’s Soon-to-Close Refinery. Who’s Going to Clean It Up?

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

A view of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery after a massive fire triggered several large explosions at the complex in South Philadelphia on June 21, 2019. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Five Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

By Jon Hurdle

The first panels are erected for the “Bellwether District” as construction begins in April at the site of the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery. Credit: HRP Group

Developer of Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Finalizes Pact With Community Activists

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Houston. Credit: Mark Felix/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Three Facilities Contribute Half of Houston’s Chemical Air Pollution

By Dylan Baddour

Activists with the Richmond-based Rich City Rays gather in front of a tanker carrying liquified natural gas in San Francisco Bay. Credit: Brooke Anderson

Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay

By Liza Gross

Sonya Sanders poses for a portrait outside her home in Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2023. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

To Live and Die in Philadelphia: Sonya Sanders Grew Up Next Door to a Giant Refinery. She’s Still Suffering From Environmental Trauma

By Victoria St. Martin

An overhead view of an explosion at a Shell USA Inc. facility on May 5, 2023 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire

By Dylan Baddour

Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area of "cancer alley" on Oct. 12, 2013. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find

By James Bruggers

The Baytown Exxon gas refinery produces oil in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Reportage by Getty Images

Outdated EPA Standards Allow Oil Refineries to Pollute Waterways

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski

Emergency response personnel work at the scene of a derailed train carrying crude oil on Dec. 22, 2020 in Custer, Washington. Credit: David Ryder/Getty Images

An Oil Industry Hub in Washington State Bans New Fossil Fuel Development

By Marianne Lavelle

General view after a massive fire erupted at a crude oil refinery that triggered several large explosions at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex on June 21, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Two Years After a Huge Refinery Fire in Philadelphia, a New Day Has Come for its Long-Suffering Neighbors

By Daelin Brown

A Citgo oil refinery stands in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

13 Refineries Emit Dangerous Benzene Emissions That Exceed the EPA’s ‘Action Level,’ a Study Finds

By Aman Azhar

Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, on March 6, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Loren Elliot/AFP via Getty Images

During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

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